-ment

Special thanks to Thomas Pacheco for funding this lesson.

This lesson covers how you write words ending with "ment" like "government" and "basement".

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Lots of words end with the suffix "ment". It's made with the right-hand chord -PLT:

• PHOEPLT: moment
• TORPLT: torment
• HRAPLT: lament
• KOPLT: comment (KPHEPBT also works)
• PAEUPLT: payment
• TPERPLT: ferment
• SEPLT: cement
• KPHREUPLT: compliment
• KPHREPLT: complement

Here are some examples using -F and -R with -PLT:

• PHRAFPLT: placement
• PAEUFPLT: pavement
• TKPWARPLT: garment
• PHOFPLT: movement

And finally, here are some examples where we drop consonants in order to get even more complex words out:

• EUPLT: implement
• TKPWOFPLT: government
• STAEUPLT: statement
• PWAEUFPLT or PWAEUPLT: basement
• TRAOEPLT: treatment
• KPHEUPLT: commitment
• TPRAPLT: fragment
• TKPARPLT: department
• OEUPLT: ointment
• SHEUPLT: shipment
• SKWRUPLT: judgment

Dropping the Initial Syllable

Sometimes, briefs are made by dropping the initial syllable. This is especially the case when the syllable you are writing is uncommon. For example, with the word "English", the first syllable (en) is very common, but the second syllable (glish), never occurs in any other word! So for this reason, we can create a brief for "English" using the syllable "glish".

You've already seen this in the briefs for "begin" (TKPWEUPB) and "again" (TKPWEPB).

Here are some briefs that follow that pattern.

Chord	Translation	Notes
TKPWHREURB	English
SRAOEURPLT	environment
SRAPBS	advance	Use SRAPBZ for "vans"
SRAPLT	advancement
STRAOUPLT	instrument
SPAOERPBS	experience
SPERPLT	experiment
TAEUPLT	entertainment
PARPLT	apartment
TPHOUPBS	announce	Use TPHOUPBZ for "nouns"
TPHOUPLT	announcement
TKPWRAOE	agree
TKPWRAOEPLT	agreement
PHREURB	accomplish
PHREUPLT	accomplishment

Briefs

Chord	Translation	Notes
APLT	amount
UPLT	ultimate
TKOUPLT	document
SREPLT	development
SREF	invest
SREFR	investor
SREFG	investing
SREFPLT	investment
TEUZ	advertise
TEUPLT	advertisement